Systematic serotyping and riboprinting of Campylobacter spp. improves surveillance: Experiences from two Danish counties

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 635-642

  Fussing, V ^a,d   Moller Nielsen E ^b   Neimann, J ^b   Engberg, J ^c  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Clusters; Common source outbreaks; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Ribotyping; Serotyping

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED RIBOSOMAL DNA RESTRICTION ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; DENMARK; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FECES CULTURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CAMPYLOBACTER;

EID: 34248369797     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01689.x     Document Type: Article

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